Robertson B. Cohen, Chapter 7 Trustee v. Andrea Chernushin
Securities JusticiabilityDoctri
Whether the Tenth Circuit Opinion renders 11 U.S.C. § 541 subordinate to state property law and contravenes Congressional intent in enacting § 541 and the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the Tenth Circuit Opinion renders 11 US.C. § 541 subordinate to state property law and contravenes Congressional intent in enacting § 541 and the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution. 2. Whether the Tenth Circuit ignored United States Supreme Court precedent and created a circuit split by holding that a post hoc temporal and qualitative assessment in property rights can dispossess the bankruptcy estate. 3. Whether Fed.R.Bankr.P. 1016 has the force of a federal statute and mandates that the death of the Debtor shall not abate a liquidation case under chapter 7 of the Code.